Premio NY

2005-12-01

Maeci

The Directorate General for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University in New York have founded the New York Prize to award scholarships to young and promising Italian artists.

The prize-winners will be offered the opportunity to spend four to eight months in New York at the Italian Academy, coinciding with the semester dates of Columbia University (September-December 2005 and January-April 2006) in order to develop their skills while being exposed to the cultural and artistic ambience of New York. The chosen artists will also be expected to take part in the cultural events and activities of the Italian Academy, and to prepare a solo exhibition, normally held at the Academy, at the end of their stay.

The New York Prize, now in its fourth edition, has been extremely successful and highlights the commitment of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promoting Italian art abroad.

The examining board changes every year and includes representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Academy and the School of the Arts at Columbia University, two professors of History of Contemporary Art, as well as two art directors of Museums/Galleries of modern and contemporary art and two eminent critics.